Key findings: P6343.2 - Motor trade sales, August 2019

Actual motor trade sales estimates


Measured in nominal terms (current prices), motor trade sales increased by 1,3% year-on-year in August 2019. The largest positive annual growth rates were recorded for:

·         new vehicle sales (7,3%); and

·         convenience store sales (3,1%).

 

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,0% in August 2019 compared with July 2019. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,1% in July 2019 and 0,8% in June 2019.


In the three months ended August 2019, seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 1,2% compared with the previous three months.


Motor trade sales increased by 1,5% in the three months ended August 2019 compared with the three months ended August 2018. The main contributor was new vehicle sales (4,8% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).